Into the Tropics!

Hello Westward Fans!

As this is being written we are just crossing into the Tropics over the Tropic of Cancer. We've had pretty light sailing all day and are all ready for some more wind!

We had some good news this morning. We are not the only ones who have experienced this loss of wind velocity and as of the morning report, we were in third in class AND third overall. It's anyone's guess as to what will happen in the next few days, but that piece of news was enough to earn us a special breakfast of biscuits and gravy and scrambled eggs.

One of the great treats of this trip has been experiencing all of the treats that being so far from land affords you. For instance, all day we have been watching schools of flying fish. Yesterday, one flew right over the boat! At night, we have been sailing up a moon river (when there aren't clouds in the way) and sailing under a starry sky (again, when there aren't clouds in the way).

It's dinner time aboard Westward right now. On the menu for tonight: Twice baked spaghetti. This is a recipie that our grandma/mom/Inie made, so this is a traditional Transpac meal for Westward.

We are also beginning to talk about our final approach into Honolulu, which is exciting. We're on the downhill slide now, folks. Think fast thoughts for us!

Aloha!

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